[Exim] message rejection during uplink failures

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Author: Odhiambo G. Washington
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To: Exim Users
Subject: [Exim] message rejection during uplink failures
I have this setting (apart from others) in my configure file.


hostlist relay_hosts = +include_unknown : 127.0.0.1 : 62.8.64.0/19 : 212.49.74.0/25

All I want to achieve is:

If DNS lookup fails, accept the mail but queue it for later retry
If host lookup fails, accept mail still, try again later.

I am not sure what other setting causes such error to show up.


wash@ns2 ('tty') ~ 88 -> ma
2002-08-28 10:51:25 SMTP connection from [62.8.67.138] (TCP/IP connection count = 53)
2002-08-28 10:51:25 H=(mhc.lcrkenya.com) [212.49.94.86] sender verify defer for <graham.alder@???>: host lookup
did not complete
2002-08-28 10:51:25 H=(mhc.lcrkenya.com) [212.49.94.86] F=<graham.alder@???> temporarily rejected RCPT
<sara@???>: Sender verify did not complete
2002-08-28 10:51:25 SMTP connection from [195.202.93.238] (TCP/IP connection count = 54)
2002-08-28 10:51:26 SMTP connection from [62.8.71.101] (TCP/IP connection count = 52)
2002-08-28 10:51:29 SMTP connection from longonot.wananchi.com [62.8.64.2] (TCP/IP connection count = 56)
2002-08-28 10:51:30 H=(kifaru.africaonline.co.ke) [195.202.85.130] sender verify defer for
<aarat@???>: host lookup did not complete
2002-08-28 10:51:30 H=(kifaru.africaonline.co.ke) [195.202.85.130] F=<aarat@???> temporarily rejected RCPT
<kd@???>: Sender verify did not complete
2002-08-28 10:51:30 SMTP connection from (kifaru.africaonline.co.ke) [195.202.85.130] closed by QUIT
2002-08-28 10:51:30 SMTP connection from [195.202.85.130] (TCP/IP connection count = 56)
2002-08-28 10:51:30 H=(Brigitte) [62.8.64.199] F=<mhdadmin@???> temporarily rejected RCPT
<stefanie.heil@???>: DNS lookup of "malteser-ald.de" deferred
2002-08-28 10:51:31 SMTP connection from [62.8.70.58] (TCP/IP connection count = 57)
2002-08-28 10:51:31 SMTP connection from (Brigitte) [62.8.64.199] closed by QUIT
2002-08-28 10:51:31 H=longonot.wananchi.com (wananchi.com) [62.8.64.2] F=<spotthebeest@???> temporarily rejected
RCPT <Benny.vandereijken@???>: DNS lookup of "pandora.be" deferred
2002-08-28 10:51:31 unexpected disconnection while reading SMTP command from longonot.wananchi.com
(wananchi.com) [62.8.64.2]



I have an unreliable upstream provider here so this is very
important for me to solve and let be.



-Wash

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